In the popular TV SHOW Fixer Upper, after Chip & Joanna purchase a home the first thing they do is they have demo day. This is the part of the show where Chip gets goofy & they tear down all the things that are old so they can rebuild a new better home then that has been worn by time and outdated. Frankly some of the homes ae close to being torn down entirely. ﻿ The price of the homes are so cheap because most other would have passed up owning these homes. After tear out of the old things Chip & Joanna do their magic & make the home awesome.

God is the ultimate FIXER UPPER.. When everyone else thinks you are of no value & your left for ultimate destruction.... He comes into a life & breathes new hope. What he has done for ages in lives that submit to his repairs are miracles.

He changes a man seeking to execute people for being Christians in Jerusalem & Damascus into the ultimate compassionate heart for people. Then he goes further into enemy territory to the Romans and whole cities who would never be considered by Jews as having access to God to proclaim to them that they can be heir to the Kingdom previously believed to be only for the Jews. Paul was fixed up by God.

But the first thing he does in a converted life is tear out all the things that are a tribute to other idols. He does not share you with anything else.

Gideon was tasked to tear down an altar to a foreign god prior to building up one to God. Tear down anything holding you from God. REPENT! That means turn around 180 degrees & walk the other direction. One cannot be a Christian doing the same things they did before. To be on a football teams one sacrifices time, energy, sleep, food, all types of desires - to simply be part of a team or win a trophy. If it profits a man to be dedicated for a little - what about for eternal purposes?